About Me

I am a Christian, wife of 28 years to an amazing man, and mom to identical triplet girls in college. I came to know Christ through Bible Study Fellowship (BSF), and it is a ministry near and dear to my heart. I was in leadership at BSF for 14 years as a Substitute Teaching Leader, Group Leader, Children's Leader, and Class Secretary. I am also a certified childbirth educator and infant massage instructor. Besides having a passion for the Lord and sharing Him with others, I am also passionate for art, and I love to help and share with other paper crafters and artists. I enjoy doing layouts of all sizes, art journaling, cards, mixed media, ATCs, altered art, etc. I love it all!

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

So, how many of you have a Fiskars Threading Water punch? How many of you have trouble using it or making corners? Well, I found a GREAT tutorial this morning that I think y'all will love! It was created by Virginia on her Scrapalicious blog! You can see the tutorial here. I think this is a great one to bookmark for sure! I hope it is helpful to all of you with a punch! Now what about those of you that don't have this punch? Well, I am RAKing one today!!! If you don't have this punch and would love to have one, post in the comment section here by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29th. I will announce a random winner on Thursday, Oct. 30th!!!! Good luck everyone, and thank you Virginia for the great tutorial! Have a joyous day everyone!

I've heard this could be done but haven't taken the time to look up a tutorial since I don't own the punch...yet!! (Crossing my fingers!) Thank you for the link. I love the tips you give, especially the organizational ones. Thanks for all your inspiration!

Watching that tutorial sure makes it seem easy! I've been looking weekly at Target and Michaels for this punch, and now when I find it, I'll know how to round those corners! Thanks for directing us to this site, Patter!

Wow great link to a helpful site! I do not have this punch and it would be great to be able to join the group of talented ladies already using this punch to make lovely things! Thanks for the chance Patter!

This has been at the top of my wish-list for awhile now. Michael's always seems to be out whenever I have money to spend. Ah well...such is life!! Thanks for the tutorial. Maybe I'll win & get to use it soon. :)

What a great tutorial. Thanks for pointing us in this direction. Love your blog and all the nice ideas I find here. I have a couple of old blue Fiskars border punches (not this one) and will have to give those a try to see if I can achieve similar results.Thanks again for sharing.Collette

Oh, I'd LOVE to win this amazing punch...I've actually never even seen one in real life! Thanks for being so generous, and for this chance to win! (My Birthday is on Hallowe'en...'keeping my fingers crossed.)~Brenda H.

The funny thing is that I just came home from the LSS, and was looking at one of these trying to decide if I should get it or not! I did NOT come home with it, but I look everytime I go! SO, I would have a blast playing with this punch! That tutorial is awesome too! Thanks Patter for sharing! :)